Advanced Construction Technology Research Equipment

Abstract

This report describes the equipment purchased by the University of Illinois Advanced Construction Technology Center with funds provided by the U.S. Army Research Office. The Center's research goal is to advance the scientific and technologic base necessary to support a major infusion of advanced technology into aspects of construction engineering to reduce significantly the life cycle costs of Army base support facilities. The research equipment described in this report was essential for developing research program in the areas of: The Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies for Constructed Works; Construction Site Metrology; Computer Aided Construction; New Technologies and Materials for Building Construction; Special Technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196578

Entities

People

  • Joseph P. Murtha

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

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  • Abstracts
  • Classification
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Illinois
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Security
  • Universities

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  • Economics
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Research Science/Academic Research